Montana at Washington

Saturday, October 3, 1931

Washington beat Montana 25–⁠0. It was their 11th meeting; after it, Washington led the series 9–⁠1–⁠1.

AwayMontana1–⁠6 in 1931
0
HomeWashington5–⁠3–⁠1 in 1931
25

FinalHigh 59°F, low 47°FAttendance 10,000

In the newspapers

  • The Imperial Valley press's story: TROJANS STAGE COMEBACK WITH OREGON ELEVEN Jones Men Hit Stride And Indicate They Are Up To Standard.

    Imperial Valley press, California, October 5, 1931, page 3 (results column)

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    TROJANS STAGE COMEBACK WITH OREGON ELEVEN Jones Men Hit Stride And Indicate They Are Up To Standard. ! Southern CALIFORNIA; smashing 80 to defeat of a potentially DOW erful Oregon state eleven restored the Trojans today as the team TO beat for the Pacific coast intercollegiate football championship. Coach Jones man were favorites but the big score perhaps was the real upset of a weekend in which all other favorites passed and ran Ito victory. st. Mary’S clipped Cali fornia, IA to O; Washington State college beat U. c. L. A., l3 to 0; DOC” Spears Oregon team showed latent possibilities in taking Idaho, g to 0, and Washington easily whipped Montana, 25 to 0. Stanford was barely able to defeat Santa Clara, 6 to 0. Apparently st. Marys made” Southern California. The Trojans came back after the beating of a much chastened team and bat tered oregon state mercilessly under a midsummer sun at the Los Angeles Coliseum. The loss of Baker in the st. Mary’s game neces- STATED moving Arnold Rosy” Rosenberg, big Jewish sophomore, to the important running guard post. This boy cut down the Oregon state big defense as wheat before a harveSter. Gus Shaver, Jim Sweet” Musick and Mohler followed Rosenberg and ripped States line to shreds. Arbelbide and Pinckert also starred, while Hal Moe, States fine blocking back, was easily Coach Schissler’S outstanding player. At Moraga they acclaimed Ed ward Slip” Madigan as a second Rockne. This crusading, rapier like personality took his second confer ence eleven on successive Saturdays. The Gaels beat California as they did Southern California–With in telligent, timely passes. In the first period two aerials brought the ball to the tWo-yard line and Quarter back Fletcher scored on a line plunge. Bruins Tough Three long passes netted so yards in the third period. Charles Baird made 10 yards on a dash off tackle and then passed five yards over the Bears goal to George Canrinus for a second score. Fletcher converted both tries. Washington State, last years champions, found U. G. L. A. stub born but had the punch to get two fnitnlNdn IN, t1n cnnnyaI y,orinl Dahlen. Davis and Colburn alter mated in thrusts and Dahlen scored the first touchdown. Colburn slaShed two yards for the second score. Fletcher, Duncan and Kebbic starred for the Bruins. The Cougars play Southern California next Saturday. Oregon showed a quartet of fine, promising backs in beating Idaho, 9 to O. Joe Lillard colored star; Mark Temple, Leighton Gee and Bud Pozzo scintillated. Lillard scored a touchdown late in the fourth period on an eight-yard, wide sweep around Idahos left end. Moeller converted. oregon scored a safety in the second period when Sather was downcd behind his own goal following bad pass from CEN ter. Oregon probably will be match for Washington next Saturday. Washington used reserves plentifully in beating Montana, 25 to 0. Hufford and Franklin ran so and 65 yards for touchdowns. The drive started from the Santa Clara Az yard line after three previous scoring threats had been halted

  • The The Daily Alaska empire's story: FOOTBALL \! ]! RESULTS

    The Daily Alaska empire, Alaska, October 5, 1931, page 5 (results column)

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    FOOTBALL \! ]! RESULTS The following are scores of prin- cipal football games played las Saturday: University of Washington 25 Montana 0. Idaho 0; Oregon 9. Santa Clara o; Stanford 6. St. Mary’s IA; California O. Oregon State O; Southern Cali fornia 30. Washington State 13: University of Southern California at Los An geleS 0. Notre Dame 25; Indiana o. Amherst 0; Princeton 27. Williams and Mary 6; Navy 13 College of Idaho 0; Utah 52. Montana State 6; Utah Aggies 21. Maine O. Yale l9. St. Lawrence 0; Colgate 45. Western Reserve 0; Purdue 28. Bates 0; Harvard 28. Knox 6; Army 67. Washington and Jefferson 10; Carnegie Tech T. Florida 34; North Carolina 0. Niagara 6; Cornell 37 Buffalo 0; Dartmouth 61. SWarthmore 2; Pennsylvania 32. Virginia Military I nst i t u te 0; Duke 13. Whitman 37; Albany College al Portland 0. Virginia 6; Maryland ‘. Northwestern 19; Nebraska 2.

Public-domain newspapers from the Library of Congress’s Chronicling America, found through the American Stories dataset (Dell and Harvard, CC BY 4.0). The text is the machine reading of the page, mistakes and all.

Before kickoff

Our ratings going in

Our ratings (scores only)

Washington 67% to win. Elo’s favorite won.

Washington leads 17–⁠2–⁠1 in 20 meetings, counting the nine since this game.

Recent meetings
2021Montana 13, Washington 7
2017Washington 63, Montana 7
1951Washington 58, Montana 7
1946Washington 21, Montana 0
1942Washington 35, Montana 0
1941Washington 21, Montana 0

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